Synonyms

1. practiced

Sentence Examples

1. The more times she practised, the quicker she slipped out of her conscious state.
2. It was a regular occurrence and the packing arrangements were well practised, the disruption just part of everyday life.
3. He was not particularly practised at withstanding discomfort and so, readying himself in case the old man attacked, Tarkyn threw caution to the winds and dropped his hood.
4. The sun apparently had got up early to witness the sacrifice, and with his light they resumed their journey, discussing the deception practised on Don Álvaro, and saying how well done it was to have taken his declaration before a magistrate in such an unimpeachable form.
5. Passepartout was now the only person left in the car, and the Elder, looking him full in the face, reminded him that, two years after the assassination of Joseph Smith, the inspired prophet, Brigham Young, his successor, left Nauvoo for the banks of the Great Salt Lake, where, in the midst of that fertile region, directly on the route of the emigrants who crossed Utah on their way to California, the new colony, thanks to the polygamy practised by the Mormons, had flourished beyond expectations.
6. In short, the girl seemed fair to look at in the eyes of all, and none of those who beheld her knew her, the people of the town said they could not imagine who she was, and those who were in on the secret of the jokes that were to be practised upon Sancho were the ones who were most surprised, for this incident or discovery had not been arranged by them and they watched anxiously to see how the affair would end.
7. Pain was nothing new to Mark, and he was well practised in the arts of containing it and channelling it.
8. Instructed by the oldest if the Samanas, Siddhartha practised self-denial, practised meditation, according to a new Samana rules.
9. Since he met Helena, the control he had practised throughout his new existence persisted on slipping away, and he hated it.
10. Surely, he thought, self-limiting programming as practised by Doctor David Richardson was worse.